’ For shyness If you find words escape you when you’re around someone you fancy, give silent dating a try. Do say: ‘It’s so lovely to meet someone as gorgeous as me.’ Don’t say: ‘Where did you get your work done?

Long before the Panama and Suez Canals made commercial trading between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans economically feasible, ships made the long and perilous trip around the African and South America continents.